63rd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment

• On September 8, 1940, the Military Council of the Moscow Military District decided to form a new 169th Fighter Aviation Regiment with deployment in the city ​​of Rzhev ;

• since March 1941, 169 IAPs became part of the Air Force as a fully formed and staffed combat unit;
• since June 23, 1941, the regiment took part in the battles of the Great Patriotic War ;
• On March 18, 1943, the regiment was transformed into the 63rd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment;
• On April 26, 1943, the commander of the 1st Guards Fighter Aviation Corps, Lieutenant General Aviation Beletsky handed the guards banner to the regiment commander;
• On October 22, 1944, by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Council, the regiment for exemplary performance of command assignments in battles with the Nazi invaders during the breakthrough of the strongly fortified enemy defenses east of Riga and the manifestation of valor and courage was awarded the Order of Kutuzov, 3rd class . On November 10, the order was presented;
• from 1945 to 1948, the regiment was part of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany ;
• On September 28, 1948, the regiment relocated to the Soviet Union at the Smolensk airfield and became part of the 32 air defense fighter corps and 3 guards fighter aviation division;
• On January 10, 1949, the regiment changed its name and was renamed the 641st Guards Order of Kutuzov, 3rd class, the fighter aviation regiment of air defense and became part of the 98th Guards Fighter Aviation Bryansk Red Banner Order of the Suvorov Division ;
• since 1972, the regiment was stationed in the Far North :

from September 1972 on the island of Novaya Zemlya Rogachevo airport ; since 1993, on the Kola Peninsula, Afrikinda airdrome ; since 2002 on the Kola Peninsula of the Kilp-Yavr airdrome ;

• in 1993, the regiment was renamed the 470th Guards Vilensky Order of Kutuzov Fighter Aviation Regiment;
• In 2001, the regiment was disbanded. All regalia of the regiment were transferred to the 941st Fighter Aviation Regiment of the Kola Air Defense Forces. Renamed the 9th Guards Vilensky Order of Kutuzov Fighter Aviation Regiment;
• in 2009, a decision was made to disband the 9th Guards Vilnius Order of Kutuzov Fighter Aviation Regiment.

From the end of 1942 - La-5 , from 1944 - La-7 . September 1, 1948 the regiment received the Yak-15 aircraft. Since 1950, the MiG-15 , in March 1953 - re-equipment on the MiG-17 . From 1957 to 1962, the MiG-19 squadron was part of the regiment. In 1964, the regiment mastered the Yak-28P . Since 1987, the regiment has always flown on the Su-27 .

392 enemy aircraft shot down:

• fighters - 257
• 100 bombers
• transport - 27
• intelligence - 6

During the battles, the regiment lost 55 personnel and 116 aircraft.

• Major N. G. Bogachev (September 1940 — June 1941)
• Captain P.V. Ugrovatov (June 1941 — November 1941)
• battalion commissar I. G. Vasichkin (December 4, 1941– February 17, 1942)
• Lieutenant Colonel N. P. Ivanov (February 17, 1942 - August 7, 1943)
• Lieutenant Colonel A.A. Fedotov (August 8, 1943– December 15, 1943)
• Major A. M. Chislov (since December 16, 1943)
• Lieutenant Colonel E. M. Gorbatyuk (since February 22, 1944)
• Major, Lieutenant Colonel A.P. Shishkin (from November 18, 1944)
• Guards Major Medvedev Vasily Semenovich (December 14, 1947 - August 25, 1949)
• Guards Lieutenant Colonel Kukharenok Nikolay Grigoryevich (August 25, 1949 - December 28, 1950)
• Guards Lieutenant Colonel Mikhailov Anatoly Ivanovich (December 28, 1950 - March 10, 1953)
• Guards Lieutenant Colonel Petrov Mikhail Grigoryevich (March 10, 1953 - June 2, 1955)
• Guards Lieutenant Colonel Samsonov Alexey Vladimirovich (June 2, 1955 - October 8, 1957)
• Guards Lieutenant Colonel Martyanov Nikolay Ivanovich (October 19, 1957 - March 23, 1962)
• Guards Colonel Sokolov Alexey Innokentievich (March 23, 1962 - August 18, 1965)
• Guards Colonel Shkurko Evgeny Prokofievich (August 18, 1965-1968)
• Guards Colonel Alyokhin Yuri Grigoryevich (December 1969 - February 1, 1974)
• Guards Colonel Ermakov Oleg Nikolaevich (February 1, 1974 - August 7, 1975)
• Guards Colonel Nezhivoy Pavel Filippovich (August 7, 1975 - September 18, 1979)
• Guards Lieutenant Colonel Pavlov Nikolay Nikolaevich (September 18, 1979 - June 25, 1982)
• Guards Colonel Gorbunov Alexander Alexandrovich (June 25, 1982 - 1985)
• Guards Lieutenant Colonel Karapetyan Martin Koroevich (1985 - June 17, 1989)
• Guards Lieutenant Colonel Faleev Mikhail Alexandrovich (June 17, 1989 - April 26, 1990)
• Guards Lieutenant Colonel Kryuchkov Vladimir Evgenievich (April 26, 1990-1993)
• Guards Colonel Sharov Alexander Arkadevich (December 29, 1993 - April 1996)
• Guards Colonel Istomin Alexander Leonidovich (April 1996 −2001)

• Oryol operation - from July 12, 1943 to August 18, 1943.
• The Bryansk operation - from August 17, 1943 to October 3, 1943.
• Gorodok operation - from December 13, 1943 to December 31, 1943.
• The Belarusian operation - from June 23, 1944 to August 29, 1944.
• Vitebsk-Orsha operation - from June 23, 1944 to June 28, 1944.
• The Minsk operation - from June 29, 1944 to July 4, 1944.
• Siauliai operation - from July 5, 1944 to July 31, 1944.
• Riga operation - from September 14, 1944 to October 22, 1944.
• Baltic operation - from September 14, 1944 to November 24, 1944.
• Memel operation - from October 5, 1944 to October 22, 1944.
• East Prussian operation - from January 13, 1945 to April 25, 1945.
• Berlin offensive operation - from April 16, 1945 to May 8, 1945.

• The 63rd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment was awarded the honorary name "Vilensky" on July 25, 1944 for the difference in battles for the seizure of the city of Vilnius ^[1] .
• The 63rd Guards Vilensky Fighter Aviation Regiment for exemplary performance of command assignments in battles with German invaders in breaking the enemy’s defenses south-east of Riga and showing valor and courage by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on October 22, 1944, was awarded the Order of Kutuzov, III Degree .

• For the mastery of the city of Lida ^[2]
• For the mastery of the city of Jelgava ( Mitava ) ^[3]
• For breaking the enemy’s defense northwest and southwest of the city of Šiauliai ^[4]

•   Captain Leonid Ignatievich Grekov (December 27, 1941, posthumous)
•   Lieutenant Grazhdaninov Pavel Andreevich (May 1, 1943, posthumously). Forever enlisted in the lists of 2 aviation squadrons on May 4, 1965.
•   Major Fedotov Andrey Andreevich (May 1, 1943). Forever enrolled in the lists of 1 aviation squadron on June 18, 1968.
•   Guard Senior Lieutenant Maresyev Alexey Petrovich (August 24, 1943). By order of the USSR Ministry of Defense of April 20, 1985, he was forever enlisted in the regiment's lists.
•   Guard Lieutenant Colonel Ivanov Nikolai Pavlovich (September 2, 1943, posthumous)
•   Guard Major Chislov Alexander Mikhailovich (September 11, 1943)
•   Guard Major Berezutsky Ivan Mikhailovich (February 23, 1945)
•   Guard Major Voronko Alexander G. (February 23, 1945)
•   Guard Major Pashkevich Alexey Vasilievich (February 23, 1945)
•   Guard Lieutenant Colonel Gorbatyuk Evgeny Mikhailovich (November 18, 1944)
•   Guard Lieutenant Colonel Shishkin Alexander Pavlovich
•   Guard Senior Lieutenant Savelyev Vasily Antonovich

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